gender

summary

 Gender is the perceived or projected component of human sexuality while sex is the biological or genetic component.

 Gender is the socially constructed component of human sexuality. Gender is an inner feeling that you are male, female, both, neither, or somewhere in between. Perhaps the best way to understand gender is to understand it as a process of social presentation. Because gender roles are delineated by behavioral expectations and norms, once individuals know those expectations and norms, the individual can adopt behaviors that project the gender he/she wishes to portray.

Sociologists and other social scientists generally attribute many of the behavioral differences between genders to socialization. As discussed in the chapter on socialization, socialization is the process of transferring norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors to future group members. In gender socialization, the groups people join are the gender categories, males and females. Thus, gender socialization is the process of educating and instructing potential males and females as to the norms, behaviors, values, and beliefs of group membership.

social conflict theory argues that gender is best understood in terms of power relationships. This approach is normative in that it prescribes changes to the power structure, advocating a balance of power between genders.

opinion

 conflict theory argues that gender is best understood in terms of power relationships.  Men's dominance of women is seen as an attempt to maintain power and privilege to the detriment of women.  However, I think such claims, the thing that does not reflect the current trends. Status of women and men is changing, it is equivalent.